Farewell

"I'm… Ethan Rumsfeld, the son of Eliot and Ivy Rumsfeld, it's a pleasure" he says that smiling at them with elegance.

All were astonished, starting with the fact that the boy was the supposed dead child of the couple Rumsfeld and more importantly because HE was a BOY and not a GIRL as he pretended to be.

Raziel looked at Ethan with a shocked expression because he couldn't believe his words, after a few seconds he looked at him with his inner intense hatred starting to grow up inside him.

"That's impossible, Their son died a long time ago" Raziel split those words firmly

His tone was so sure about that, as if he knew the exact details of that tragic accident about his parents, his confident tone only made Ethan more suspicious and angry at the Becket clan. They were the principal suspects of the murmured of his parents and also his grandmother but they clean very well all the places where the murders happened so they couldn't prove anything.

"Well, that's a lie my grandfather made to protect me, You don't believe me I know very well, old man" Ethan mocks him with a smile.

"You…"

"Oh I also have another name that you may know" Ethan smiles at them with sarcasm

"And what could be that name?" Raziel mocks him back with that tone of despite

Raziel's actions only made Ethan really pleased, he looked at his bodyguard and move his head in the affirmative toward him. Ethan kept silent while two men put a bandage behind him with a red dragon image on it.

All of them tremble in silence because they recognize very well that image all knew very well who he was, the RED DRAGON, the most dangerous leader in the underground, Ethan make a reputation for being cruel, impatient, and very sadistic. Nobody dares to complain to him knowing he was the red dragon that always keeps his anonymity, of course, Raziel still doubt his rightfulness of being the leader of them, Raziel was deeply furious and his face showed it.

He was thinking « HOW COULD A CHILD GUIDE THEM?»

"I have another proof that I am a really Ethan Rumsfeld if you still don't believe me"

From a small handbag he has, Ethan takes out a small pendant with a blue diamond on it. It was a magic relic that only works with someone of the same family because it has the blood of their ancestor in there.

The boy asks his bodyguard to pinch one of his fingers to make it bleed, when that drop of blood fell into the jewel this started to change to a red color and the pendant opened revealing a small piece of paper that was the testament of his grandfather.

"It would be a pleasure if the leader of the neutral clan could read the last will of my grandfather"

Ethan looked at all the seats until he found a handsome tall young man with medium-tall brown light hair, manly features, a well-worked body, and wonderful honey eyes, after he was discovered by Ethan, the leader sighed and get up to approach him with a beautiful smile on his face.

"It's a pleasure, your highness”

Daniel O'Connell, the last pureblood vampire of his clan, the only neutral clan that had ever existed in their kingdom, in all the fights of the seven clans that clan was an intermediate to solve conflicts because he and his ancestors hated to deal with bothering things.

Daniel took that piece of paper and unfold it to be able to read it.

"I Daemon Rumsfeld, in all my rightful mind leave in charge the Rumsfeld family and my seat as the leader of the seven clans to my grandson Ethan Rumsfeld..."

He started to read the last will of Daemon who on that paper explained in very detail how he hide Ethan during all those years because in that terrible accident where Eliot and Ivy died he arrived late to save them but he could find his grandson so he takes him home and secluded in the castle from the world and everyone until Ethan could take care of him himself.

Ethan was very far away from Daniel so he couldn't control his mind in any way, after the man finishes to read that testament, he gave it again to Ethan.

“I confirm in this Daemon handwriting, so his last will it's true...” Daniel says that vowing to Ethan before he retires and goes to sit again.

...

Raziel was red with anger, he looked at his first child with intensity but when he do that, a plan came to his mind, so he quickly could cool down his anger and also smiled at Ethan.

"I understand, ahh the old Daemon, always so mysterious"

Ethan frowned his eyebrows at that comment from the other, he didn't understand why Raziel accepted the last will of his grandfather so easily without fighting more.

"The Becket clan accepts the last will of Daemon Rumsfeld, from today we will follow Ethan Rumsfeld as our new leader” Raziel gets up from his seat and says that while he vowed to Ethan.

The rest of the leaders imitated him and accepted the new prince of the Rumsfeld family, they vowed with respect but Ethan was shocked, he knew that Raziel was insincere inside him but at the time being he had zero evidence so he wouldn't say anything else.

He looked at all the crowd with a smile, he stand up and ask them to take care of him, he moved his head a little he was to say something again when his eyes focused on that tall, handsome boy with white hair as the snow that was looking at him with those fiery red eyes… He could only be one person, the first child of Raziel, Reven Becket, he was an extremely handsome man around his twenties, just like Ethan but he particularly looked alike to someone although Ethan couldn't remember at that moment to whom.

"Well if that's all, we could have a quiet and peaceful funeral, right?"

All answered with a nervous "yes", Ethan left his seat and started to walk to a blue-black door that connected that room to another one where was a big picture of his grandfather, his ashes resting in an urn and a lot of blue roses as a decoration in every corner, it was a way to say goodbye to the previous leader Daemon, their tradition that connects everyone in a small room.

Ethan only has his grandfather's ashes, thanks to the venom of Dusha’s turns he was only able to take his ashes from the floor, and although he knew he couldn't be able to look at his grandfather's face, having something from him was enough to feel him near.

All vowed to Daemon's image for a long time, except for Ethan who could only look at that photo of his grandfather with great sadness in his eyes, he was never going to see him again and that made him angry, confused, upset, and more, he was burning inside in anger, and his thirst for revenge grew more at every second until it went down in a few seconds when he felt a hand touching his naked back.

"Calm down… your highness" a man's voice whispered to him in his ear.

"What the…" Ethan looks at the man next to him with a disgusting expression on his face

He got surprised by his touch and more because that man was Reven Becket. Ethan was going to hit him but his calm and deep voice make him stop.

"If you want to help them through your anger then go ahead and show your feeling but if not keep quiet… don't let them know you are burning inside" Reven whispered again but this time he came closer to Ethan’s face.

His words were right and Ethan knew that very well but how could his enemy give him a piece of advice? Maybe he wanted something in return? or maybe he will make him pay back the favor? Ethan frown his eyebrows a little because that boy was a mystery, he breathed deeply to calm his facial expression and put his mask on his face, unfortunately, he was more uncomfortable at that moment thanks to the other hand that was still on his back and moving forward to grab his hips.

"If you keep touching me like that, you are going to become a girl tomorrow" Ethan threatens him with a beautiful and fake smile.

"Hahahaha so scary"

Fortunately, he hasn't had to say it two times, Reven takes off his hand after answering him with sarcasm but he clearly didn't obey his order immediately, Reven leaves one last touch on his body that made Ethan’s body shake.

To be continue